My guess is the hiring threads exist as a pressure relief valve. Exist to reasonably contain we-are-hiring and someone-please-hire-me submissions. Basicall

My guess is the hiring threads exist as a pressure relief valve. Exist to reasonably contain we-are-hiring and someone-please-hire-me submissions. Basically I think they exist to gently moderate an intellectually dull class of economically motivated submissions and to lump HN’ers upvote to the top of the front page together in a short window. —-> which doesn’t exactly answer your question. More directly, the current method is the simplest thing that might work. Part of working is avoiding making HN a job board. Tags are a moderation load. Even in the best case, two people will tend to tag things differently…or apply many tags for maximum reach. Maybe hack something up to meet your expectations? Good luck.